Revolution on the Islands. Great Britain will introduce mandatory digital identity evidence

British citizens and steel residents in Great Britain, looking for employment, will have to have mandatory digital identity proof – Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday. The government believes that the introduction of these documents will limit illegal immigration and make it difficult to employ in a gray zone.

– You won't be able to work in Great Britain without digital identity card. It's so simple – said Starmer during the international meeting of Centrolevil politicians at the Global Progress Action summit in London. He added that the new identity evidence system will be introduced before the next election, which will take place in 2029.

From the period shortly after World War II in the UK, there was no mandatory identity card – AP agency reminded. Civil law defenders argue that the planned introduction of such evidence violates your personal freedom and poses a threat to the security of personal data.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to introduce biometric ID cards two decades ago as a way of fighting terrorism and fraud, but gave up this plan as a result of strong resistance of both public opinion and parliament.

Starmer assured that there would be no obligation to show an ID card. However, the document will be necessary when taking up work. During the summit, in which they participated, among others Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney and head of the Spanish government Pedro Sanchez, Starmer said that for too long people for “it was easy to come (to Great Britain), fall into a gray zone and remain illegally.” The prime minister admitted that his party “had resistance to saying things that are clearly true” – and added that they belong to the fact that every nation must have control over its borders.

British digital proof is to be free and will not require a smartphone.

Like the previous governments of conservatives, the administration of the Labor Party led by Starmer struggles with illegal crossings through the La Manche channel, organized by people's smugglers. Last year, 37,000 covered this route. people, in the current year – over 30,000

Starmer promised to reduce this number by fighting gangs of people smugglers and limiting the “attraction factors” of undocumented migrants to Great Britain. He emphasized that it is also the belief that it is easy to get illegal employment in the British Isles. (PAP)

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